Faculty & Staff
Andrew Little
Director of the Applied Wildlife Ecology and Spatial Movement (AWESM) Lab
- Phone
- 402-219-1913
- alittle6@unl.edu
Graduate Students
Robyn Dausener
MS Student in Natural Resource Sciences
Research Projects
Surya Deepika Garugu
PhD Student in Natural Resource Sciences
Research Projects
Megan Baldissara
PhD Student in Natural Resource Sciences
Research Projects
Identifying and Prioritizing Habitat for Pheasant Management
Allison Barg
PhD Student in Natural Resource Sciences with a specialization in Applied Ecology
Research Projects
Identifying and Prioritizing Habitat for Pheasant Management
Kaitlyn Dozler
MS Student in Natural Resource Sciences
Research Projects
Grace Schuster
PhD Student in Natural Resource Sciences with a specialization in Applied Ecology
Research Projects
Bioenergy Crop Production: Implications for Grassland Bird Communities
Corrin Winter
MS Student in Natural Resource Sciences with a specialization in Applied Ecology
Research Projects
Undergraduate Students
Madi Hein
Undergraduate Researcher (Cabela's Apprenticeship Program)
Major
Research Projects
Technicians
Past Members
Wyatt Ervin
Technician - Spring/Summer 2023
Research Projects
Bioenergy Crop Production: Implications for Grassland Bird Communities
Katie Piecora
MS Student in Natural Resource Sciences with a specialization in Applied Ecology
Research Projects
Kayli Newkirk
Technician - Fall 2022, Spring/Summer 2023
Research Projects
Tyree Brown
Technician - Spring/Summer 2023
Research Projects
Nate Rykerd
Technician - Spring 2023
Research Projects
Identifying and Prioritizing Pheasant Habitat in Agricultural Landscapes
Samantha Garcia
Undergraduate Researcher (Cabela's Apprenticeship Program, UCARE Program)
Major
Research Projects
Bioenergy Crop Production: Implications for Grassland Bird Communities
Hunter Swanson
Technician - Spring/Summer 2022
Research Projects
Bioenergy Crop Production: Implications for Grassland Bird Communities
Morgan Register
MS Student in Natural Resource Sciences with a specialization in Applied Ecology
Research Projects
Jay Cleveland
Undergraduate Researcher (Cabela's Apprenticeship Program)
Majors
Research Projects
Bioenergy Crop Production: Implications for Grassland Bird Communities
Zach Hess
Undergraduate Researcher (UCARE Program)
Habitat Selection for Territorial Male Pheasants
Profile
Zach Hess is an undergraduate Fisheries and Wildlife major specializing in Conservation Biology at UNL. He is also working towards attending Veterinarian School. He joined the Applied Wildlife Ecology and Spatial Movement (AWESM) Lab in Spring 2020. His undergraduate research was aimed at improving our understanding of ring-necked pheasant mating behavior and group structure in intensive agricultural landscapes. This information will be critical to land managers and biologists interested in improving pheasant populations in highly fragmented agricultural landscapes. His research interests are focused in the fields of Wildlife Veterinarian Medicine and Ecological Physiology.
Jana Malene
Undergraduate Researcher (UCARE Program)
Wildlife Space Use in an Agricultural Landscape
Profile
Jana Malene was an undergraduate in Fisheries and Wildlife at UNL who joined the Applied Wildlife Ecology and Spatial Movement (AWESM) Lab in spring 2020. Her research focused on wildlife spatial ecology in highly fragmented agricultural landscapes where she evaluated bobcat, red-tailed hawks, and white-tailed deer movement ecology. Her interests include community dynamics and wildlife conservation and management. Jana graduated in December 2020.